Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin praised businessman and Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain but also called him the “flavor of the week” during an her appearance on Fox News’ “On The Record” with Greta Van Susteren Tuesday night. “Take Herb Cain. Look at why he’s doing so well right now. I guess you could say, [...]
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that long-term unemployment is an American “national crisis” and suggested that Congress should take further action to combat it. He also said lawmakers should provide more help to the battered housing industry. Bernanke noted that about 45 percent of the unemployed have been out of work [...]
Yesterday, Southwest Airlines booted Leisha Hailey, a famous lesbian icon, off one of their planes. Their complaint: she was kissing her girlfriend on a “family” airline and then argued about being chastised for her kissing. Now, full disclosure: I have a soft spot for Southwest. It’s a company started by alumni from Wesleyan University, my beloved alma [...]
WASHINGTON — Appearing on ABC’s “The View,” Vice President Joseph Biden said it was “reprehensible” for members of the audience at the most recent Republican presidential debate to boo a soldier simply because he was openly gay. “I did have a visceral response to it,” Biden said. “I’m not sure if it’s because my son [...]
WASHINGTON (RNS) Amid a political climate dominated by economic concerns, social conservatives are as concerned as ever about issues like abortion and gay marriage, a leading conservative activist said Tuesday (Sept. 27). Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council (FRC), spoke about what “values voters” and evangelicals want in a presidential candidate as Republicans [...]
David Norris, an Irish senator and a prominent lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocate, could become his nation’s first openly gay head of state after securing the nomination to stand for the Oct. 27 presidential election. As The Guardian is reporting, Norris, a Trinity College Dublin academic, will now stand against six other candidates after [...]
NEW YORK — The number of gay and bisexual characters on scripted broadcast network TV has dipped slightly this season to 19 out of nearly 650 roles, according to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The 16th annual “Where We Are on TV” report released Wednesday by GLAAD found that 2.9 percent of actors [...]
WASHINGTON — Increasingly visible, the number of gay Americans telling the U.S. census they’re living with same-sex partners nearly doubled in the past decade, to about 650,000 couples. And more than 130,000 recorded partners as husband or wife. Census figures released Tuesday provide a rare snapshot of married and unmarried same-sex couples in the U.S. [...]
Some primary schools are being forced by local authorities to teach sex education to their pupils, a report has claimed. The research, published on Monday, raises concerns over the “considerable level of inconsistency” across the country. Many local authorities are incorrectly informing primary schools in their area they will not be eligible for the ‘Healthy [...]
This week is National Sex Ed Week, and for the first time in 20 years, we’re celebrating it knowing New York City will now require sex education to be taught in schools. This news is exciting. For too long, too many of our teens have gone without comprehensive, age-appropriate, medically accurate sexuality education. Our health statistics [...]
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